When to plant zucchini in Bruges: 15 June – 13 September

In Bruges, zucchini: sow for seedlings from 4 May to 23 August; plant into a greenhouse from 25 May to 13 September; plant out into open ground from 15 June to 13 September.

Zucchini in Bruges: soil, season and weather

In Bruges the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 27 March, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the zucchini card — only around 15 June, 80 days later.

Last spring frost	27 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	15 June, 80 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	30 November, 168 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	36
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 July – 19 October
Days left for picking	132
Daylight	16:00 on 25 May, 16:33 on 15 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 12 rainy days

The same dates in Bruges hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Pumpkin and Watermelon.

Zucchini in Bruges: care after planting

Planted on 15 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Pests and diseases of zucchini to watch for:

Weather in Bruges during the zucchini season

About 435 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (61 mm) and November the wettest (90 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	20.3	12.9	63	11	16:33
July	21.5	14.5	61	12	16:09
August	22	14.8	67	12	14:38
September	19.8	12.7	72	13	12:42
October	15.8	10	82	13	10:46
November	10.6	5.7	90	15	8:56

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Zucchini in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant zucchini earlier than Bruges; the closest date is in Lille, 4 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ghent	39 km	31 May – 7 September	15 days earlier
Lille	65 km	11 June – 4 September	4 days earlier
Antwerp	82 km	31 May – 5 September	15 days earlier
Brussels	89 km	8 June – 5 September	7 days earlier
Mons	99 km	10 June – 2 September	5 days earlier
Leuven	110 km	31 May – 5 September	15 days earlier

Where to buy zucchini plants and seeds near Bruges

Buy plants ready to set out from 15 June to 13 September (from 25 May to 13 September for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 4 May to 23 August. Within 15 km of Bruges OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 7 plant nurseries, 1 market and 6 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Vandenderen Zand — garden centre
4 km
Kwekerij "Het Wilgenbroek" — garden centre
4 km
Van Hauwaert — plant nursery
4 km · vanhauwaerttuincentrum.be
Vloet-Permafruit — plant nursery
8 km · vloet-permafruit.com

Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

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